The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization

Edited by Heiko Narrog and Bernd Heine

Description

This book presents the state of the art in research on grammaticalization, the process by which lexical items acquire grammatical function, grammatical items get additional functions, and grammars are created. Leading scholars from around the world introduce and discuss the core theoretical and methodological bases of grammaticalization, report on work in the field, and point to promising directions for new research. They represent every relevant theoretical perspective and approach.

Research on grammaticalization and its role in linguistic change encompasses work on languages from every major linguistic family. Its results offer valuable insights for all theoretical frameworks, including generative, construction, and cognitive grammar, and relates to work in fields such as phonology, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition. The handbook provides a full, critical assessment of every aspect of this research. It is divided into five parts, of which the first two are devoted to theory and method, the third and fourth to work in linguistic domains, classes, and cateogories, and the fifth to case studies of grammaticalization in a range of languages. It will be an indispensable source of information and inspiration for all those who wish to know more about this fascinating and important field.

The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization

Edited by Heiko Narrog and Bernd Heine

Author Information

Heiko Narrog is Associate Professor of Linguistics at Tohoku University. He has published in Japanese and American journals on diachronic syntax. His books include Japanische Verbflexive und flektierbare Suffixe (Harrassowitz 1999) and Modality in Japanese (Benjamins 2009). He is currently working on a book, Modality, Subjectivity, and Semantic Change: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective, to be published by OUP in 2012.

Contributors:

Heiko Narrog, Tohoku UniversityBernd Heine, University of CologneAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Cairns Institute of James Cook UniversityWalter Bisang, Johannes Gutenberg University, MainzKersti Börjars, University of ManchesterKasper Boye, University of CopenhagenLaurel Brinton, University of British ColumbiaJoan L. Bybee, University of New MexicoRena Torres Cacoullos, Penn State UniversityAnne Carlier, University of Lille 3Maria Maura Cezario, Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroElizabeth Couper-Kuhlen, University of HelsinkiHilary Chappell, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)Östen Dahl , Stockholm UniversityScott DeLancey, University of OregonWalter De Mulder, University of AntwerpGuy Deutscher, University of ManchesterHolger Diessel, University of JenaGabriele Diewald, Leibniz Universität Hannover Regine Eckardt, Göttingen UniversityOlga Fischer, University of AmsterdamZygmunt Frajzyngier, University of Colorado in BoulderElly van Gelderen, Arizona State UniversityAnna Giacalone Ramat, University of PaviaNikolas Gisborne, University of EdinburghJohn HaimanPeter Harder, University of CopenhagenMartin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie, Leipzig Kees Hengeveld, University of AmsterdamMartin Hilpert, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS)Brian D. Joseph, The Ohio State UnivesityLars Johanson, University of MainzChrista König, University of FrankfurtBernd Kortmann, University of FreiburgManfred Krug, University of BambergTania Kuteva, Heinrich-Heine-University of DüsseldorfBéatrice Lamiroy, University of LeuvenRonald W. Langacker, University of California, San DiegoAdam Ledgeway, University of CambridgeDouglas Lightfoot, University of AlabamaChristian Mair, University of FreiburgCaterina Mauri, University of PaviaYaron Matras, University of ManchesterMário Eduardo T. Martelotta, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)Marianne Mithun, University of California, Santa BarbaraMaj-Britt Mosegaard Hansen, University of CopenhagenWalter De Mulder, University of AntwerpTerttu Nevalainen, University of HelsinkiSteve Nicolle, Africa International UniversityMuriel Norde, University of GroningenArja Nurmi, University of HelsinkiToshio Ohori, University of TokyoNoriko O. Onodera, Aoyama Gakuin UniversityMinna Palander-Collin, University of HelsinkiAmanda PattenAlain Peyraube, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS). Roland Pfau, University of AmsterdamShana Poplack, University of OttawaPaolo Ramat, Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori (IUSS), PaviaHelena Raumolin-Brunberg, University of HelsinkiSeongha Rhee, Hankuk University of Foreign StudiesAgnes Schneider, University of FreiburgAndrew Smith, University of EdinburghMarkus Steinbach, University of GöttingenChaofen Sun, Stanford UniversityRyoko Suzuki, Keio UniversitySandra A. Thompson, University of California, Santa BarbaraElizabeth Closs Traugott, Stanford UniversityJohan van der Auwera, University of AntwerpNigel Vincent, University of ManchesterJames A. Walker, York University (Toronto, Canada)Richard Waltereit, Newcastle UniversityAnne Wichmann, University of Central LancashireBjörn Wiemer, Johannes-Gutenberg University MainzIlse Wischer, Postdam UniversityDebra Ziegeler, University of Montpellier